46). He makes wars cease, He breaks the bow, shatters the spear and burns the war chariots with fire (Ps. 46:9). We are destined for a kingdom where peace will reign. And then the familiar and eternally comforting words of Romans 8: “For I consider that the sufferings of this ...
Jerome maintained that Salem was situated near Scythopolis, where in his day were pointed out ruins of “Melchizedek’s palace.” Another tradition (probably of Samaritan origin) makes Mount Gerizim the place of meeting, in which case the city of Melchizedek would probably be near Shechem. The...
What Jacob had dreamt was in Christ realised. The Son of Man, the Messiah or actual representative of God on earth, brings God to man and makes earth a Bethel, and the gate of heaven. What Nathanael under his fig tree had been longing for and unconsciously preparing, an open ...
Let them not expect help from the world, or human devices; but let them seek pardon, peace, grace, and a lively hope of heaven, by faith in Him who died and rose again, that thus they may rise above the fear of death. The remembrance of his own sorrows and temptations, makes ...
have been required,—while he then still more arbitrarily finds in ἜΣΧΑΤΟΝΤῶΝ ἩΜΕΡῶΝ“the expression indicative of one idea, equivalent to אַתֲרִית הַיָּמִים,” and makes ΤΟΎΤΩΝ belong logically to the whole ...
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
his music blows in the cold breeze which pushes through the corner every time the door on the other side of the partition is opened, the lamp he has situated beside the piano illuminates the pages almost not at all, and he squints through his coke-bottle glasses to see the unfamiliar mus...
I have ideas inside of my head which would shock you. I believe some things which would make you angry. Yes, I’m talking toyou. You think you know me, think you understand what makes me tick. But, I’ve never left it all on the field. How do you know what I really have to ...
When we do things in a good and orderly manner, we usually see the results of our labor. Thebaseballtossed into the stands brought a broad smile to the little tyke, giving him a memento to treasure for a long time. The kid hanging over the railing on the top deck will wear histee-...
The Lovely Lady has left me on my own for a little space of time. I sit, because there is nothing else to do, and listen to melancholy music that, in its own way, only makes me more aware of the silence around me. My mind wanders. You knew it would. ...